Tennessee State House votes to 'silence' Rep. Justin Jones, 1 of 2 Democrats expelled earlier this year | CNN
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The GOP-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives on Monday voted to silence one of two Democratic members expelled from the chamber earlier this year, as the legislature meets for a contentious special session on public safety spurred by a mass shooting at a Nashville school.
  • BigMacHole@lemm.ee
    28·
    10 months ago

    Did they ever punish Speaker Sexton for illegally funneling taxpayer dollars into his lavish estate and mistress or is it still more of a crime to be black in Tennessee?

    • IHeartBadCode@kbin.social
      15·
      10 months ago

      I live in Tennessee. They are just fucking racist pieces of shit. And no that whole Sexton shit went nowhere, which sounds about white.

      I mean DesJarlias keeps being sent back to Congress along with John McGroomemYoung Rose. Governor HVAC literally had the whole blowing millions on fake ass COVID tests swept under the rug.

      So, yeah just more of the same privileged ass white men finding new ways to fuck over everyone else who doesn’t tiptoe around their fragile ass egos.

  • Landrin201@lemmy.mlEnglish
    16·
    10 months ago

    The racism is so blatant. Idk how this isn’t a civil rights lawsuit already, the whole situation is utterly ridiculous.

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    10 months ago

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    The GOP-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives on Monday voted to silence one of two Democratic members expelled from the chamber earlier this year, as the legislature meets for a contentious special session on public safety spurred by a mass shooting at a Nashville school.

    It is authoritarianism,” Jones said in a video shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, accusing Sexton of silencing him because the Democrat had earlier proposed a vote of no confidence against the speaker.

    Jones told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source” Tuesday night that he would again call for a vote of no confidence against Sexton when the state’s next legislative session begins in January.

    The lawmaker was expelled in April after he and two other Democrats called for gun reform during a protest on the floor of the state House after the March 27 shooting at the Covenant School, which left three 9-year-olds and three adults dead.

    Republicans spared Rep. Gloria Johnson but voted to expel Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson – both Black – only for their constituents to send them back to finish the regular session on an interim basis.

    Lee on Monday asked Senate leadership to take up 12 bills related to mental health and school security, among others, The Tennessean reported.

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